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Definition of Jupati
1. Noun. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
Generic synonyms: Raffia Farinifera, Raffia Palm, Raffia Ruffia
Definition of Jupati
1. Noun. A Brazilian palm, ''Raphia taedigera'', whose long stalks are used in constructing buildings ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jupati
1. a type of palm [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jupati
Literary usage of Jupati
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot (Cary) Agassiz (1868)
"... clusters of reddish fruit and its enormous, spreading, fan-like leaves cut
into ribbons, one of which Wallace says is a load for a man» The jupati ..."
2. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"... should not take into account the palms, whose immense fronds are often as
large as some of the smaller trees. The pinnate fronds of the jupati (Raphia ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"Junto," of Charles I.'s ministers, VI. 626,1 b. jupati [zhoo-pa'-te], palm, III.
224, 1 b. ..."
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